sorrel
nounEtymology
From Middle English *sorel, from Middle French *sorel, sorrel, surrel, from Middle French sor (“yellowish-brown, reddish-brown”), probably from Old Frankish *saur (“dried”), from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *saus- (“dry, parched”); equivalent to sore (“reddish-brown”) + -el (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Middle Dutch soor (“dry”), Old High German sōrēn (“to become dry”), and Old English sēar (“withered, barren”). See also sere.
Definitions
Any of various plants with acidic leaves of the genus Rumex, especially
Members of genus Oxalis or family Oxalidaceae, woodsorrels.
The roselle, Hibiscus sabdariffa.
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A brown colour, with a tint of red.
Of a brown colour, with a tint of red. (especially
Of a brown colour, with a tint of red. (especially: a sorrel horse)
A female given name.
The neighborhood
- neighboroxalic acid
- neighborschav
- neighborsourwood
Derived
alpine sheep's sorrel, alpine sorrel, buckler sorrel, Cape sorrel, field sorrel, French sorrel, grassleaf sorrel, Guinea sorrel, heartwing sorrel, Indian sorrel, Jamaican sorrel, Krause's sorrel, lavender sorrel, leaf-shield sorrel, maiden sorrel, mountain sorrel, narrow-leaved sorrel, red sorrel, redwood sorrel, salt of sorrel, scurvy-grass sorrel, sea sorrel, sheep sorrel, shield-leaf sorrel, sorrel tree, tree sorrel, upright yellow-sorrel, wood sorrel, woodsorrel, yellow wood sorrel
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at sorrel. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at sorrel. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at sorrel
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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